§ 5-16. Definitions.

For the purposes of this article, the following words, terms and phrases shall have the following respective meaning ascribed to them in this section:

Public dance: A "public dance" shall mean any dance wherein the public may participate and admission is charged, either directly or indirectly, but shall not include, when conducted upon its own premises, a dance sponsored by any religious, fraternal, charitable or educational institution or organization, unless such organization is licensed to sell "on-sale" liquor.

Public dance hall: "Public dance hall" shall mean any room, place or space open to public patronage [for private] gain, in which dancing, wherein the public may participate, is carried on and to which admission may be had by the public by payment, either directly or indirectly, of an admission fee or price for dancing, excepting a cabaret as defined herein.

Cabaret: A "cabaret" shall mean any room, place or space wherein intoxicating liquor is sold pursuant to a valid "on-sale" liquor license and where members of the public, or club members and bona fide guests pursuant to section 4-17 of the Faribault Code of Ordinances, are allowed to dance.

(Code 1971, § 5-55; Ord. No. 83-28, § 1, 1-10-84)